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Gorilla snot (Nostoc commune)

Anybody else having issues with Nostoc Commune in their glasshouse?  I have found some on my gravel floor.  Would prefer not to use harsh chemicals, but are there any other options in such a hot and humid environment?

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over night lows in green house

Good luck to you.
Year after year I've struggled with the night temps. Then I see folk grow things in greenhouses when there is snow outside! I'm in Hamilton & this is the first year that I've had tomatoes fruit this time of the year!
I believe the on

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Overnight lows

What do you do to manage temperature in your greenhouse?


My greenhouse was almost too hot to grow in at the height of summer - even with all the doors and windows open it was heading towards 40 deg. However, now it's winter I have the opposite proble

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December in the Glasshouse

November in my glasshouse can be summed up in one word-BUSY-so no blog happened. The December photo gives an idea of whaf the busy-ness was about: The glasshouse 2/12/09 with more than 100 tomato plants of various sizes, peppers, eggplants, zucchini

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Insects in the Glasshouse

I've noticed this week that the glasshouse resident insects are about. The snails creep in all year around and I deal to them with Quash-safe and effective. Sometimes there are a few cockroaches that make a nuisance of themselves by nibbling plants a

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whats in my greenhouse

I envy Hester lemon grass.I keep losing mine!Interesting Hester that you have some large greenhouse plants. Have you transplanted large plants from Greenhouse into garden b4? I seem to have learned or read somewhere that to transplant a fruiting plan

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October in the Glasshouse.

Everything is growing flat out. I'm potting on seedlings now-Tomatoes, Basil, Peppers. I've got flowers to pot on or plant out too-Aquilegia, Poppies, Phacelia, Calendula. There is celery and shallots to plant out. The containers of tomato plants wi

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Spring Preparation in the Glasshouse

The nearness of Spring makes me motivated to get my glasshouse into production. I've almost missed the boat for the big winter clean-up but it's never too late. The glasshouse is such an asset for getting seedlings underway, ready for spring planting

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